Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s most experienced commentators and journalists. Alan is the founder of Eureka Report, Australia’s most successful investment newsletter, and Business Spectator, a 24-hour free business news and commentary website. He also hosts Inside Business, a half-hour Sunday programme on the ABC, is the finance presenter on the ABC News - and producer of the nightly graph (or two).
China's demographic challenges will not bite until next decade, its financial system is holding strong and the transition to consumption-based growth is already well underway.
As Apple's supremo prepares to face Congress, a bipartisan committee has revealed the fantastic ways the multinational minimises its global tax liability.
The company’s stock has slumped as it joins a growing list of mining services groups, including WorleyParsons and Fleetwood, in cutting earnings forecasts.
The Gonski education reforms are being tossed in the political wash, along with the premiers, as the Coalition seeks to unseat Labor's plan by focusing on the frugal front-end.
The communication’s minister's cavalier use of Section 313 to block websites on Interpol’s “worst of” list has directly lead to the ASIC fiasco. He must face the music for the latest mess his actions have created.
Multiple operating systems and a fragmented mobile market has made it difficult to create a one-size-fits all BYOD security solution. While there's no quick fix to this problem, here are some ways of working around it.
The communication’s minister's cavalier use of Section 313 to block websites on Interpol’s “worst of” list has directly lead to the ASIC fiasco. He must face the music for the latest mess his actions have created.
The ESAA is claiming solar is costing millions in network upgrades. But nailing down what these costs are proves to be a bit of a mystery because solar isn’t costing networks much at all.
A new study refines our estimates of climate sensitivity, but the overall picture remains unchanged: we remain on a track to surpass 2 degrees warming.
CEOs outline changing views on corporate spending and profits, their economic expectations and political dissatisfaction, including advice for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
UK-based Zeebox wants to be the intermediary for all social media-television interactions. It will not only have to lure viewers, but the networks themselves.
Dyesol sees a game-changing solar development that investors love, AGL firms its plans for Solar Flagships and the Silverton wind farm, Geodynamics ticks off another milestone and one Aussie player looks offshore to escape policy uncertainty.
As work begins on the world’s largest solar farm, there remains optimism Australia will see a new record in wind in King Island. Elsewhere, our biggest wind farm meets noise guidelines and Infigen gets a local revenue lift.
Tasmania's largest wind farm delivers its first power to the grid, there's renewed hope for Energy Australia's Stony Gap wind farm, a Boco Rock wind farm suitor drops out, Infigen assesses investor appetite and there's a big buy in solar.
New records have been set in Australian wind and world solar. Meanwhile, Hydro Tas looks at $1.6bn in wind farm investments, Geodynamics sees great potential in the Solomons and Red Sky Energy remains on track for a 2.5MW Dubbo solar plant.
Geodynamics makes its biggest stride forward yet; there’s a setback for the $1bn+ Ceres wind project; AGL gets approval for its Broken Hill solar farm and Tesla’s Elon Musk puts his money where his mouth is… again.
Bidders for the Boco Rock wind farm raise their heads, Pac Hydro flags progress in Portland, Origin opts out of wind for a while, Bosch exits solar and Suntech has more problems.
There are contradictory rumours of a Suntech sale and involuntary bankruptcy. Fact is it’s in trouble. Meanwhile, Meridian and Infigen progress their retail moves and Panax Geothermal hits another hurdle.
Ownership changes could be on the cards for some of Australia’s largest wind farms, while True Value Solar falls completely into the hands of its major backer.
Tesla’s first quarterly profit is closer than forecast despite a “-$100 million” review, GE looks to boost its Australian wind focus, an Aussie solar firm may be on the cusp of collapse and two proposed wind farms run into trouble.
